4 December 2007

Well, I have a foot out the door. I am very much ready to leave the nation. :-) This is my last week here at the MTC, and I am rearin to go out into the field!

So Friday, I finished 1st Nephi in Japanese. I didn't quite understand 100% of it, but I could definitely tell a big improvement in my reading pace and comprehension from the beginning. It truly is amazing how much progress all of us have made here in the MTC.

And even better news, I got my flight plans on Friday! I am way super way super way excited. My flight leaves from SLC at 6 AM next Monday. So I am getting a jump on the world! We get to report to the travel office at 3 AM. So we will see how that goes! I have a bit of a layover in Los Angeles from around 7 to 10 MST I think...I hope to get rid of a couple Book of Mormons
while I am at it!

So, in celebration of our receiving our flight plans, God decided to grace Provo with 2 inches of snow over Friday night, so we woke up to all white! It's a shame that I have really come to like snow. Odds are, I won't see any for the next two years. :-)

Well, I am thankful for everyone's thoughts and concerns, but this marks the last week I will receive Dear Elder, so say goodbye to that convenience! Haha, yeah, the last time I will receive any mail here in the MTC is around lunch on Saturday, so I am definitely headed out.

It is amazing how quickly time flew here at the MTC. If there is one thing I have learned here, (besides patience) it is how to plan and get myself in gear to work full time. I really like planning now. I have a testimony of it. When we plan, I know we are putting clay in the Lord's hands, so that He can know how to inspire us away to other things if need be. So, I am packing a lot today, so I don't know what I will be able to do in terms of letter writing. Just a caution to all...I don't know if I will send anything back, so we will see!

I liked the First Presidency devotional Sunday. It was a good treat. I can definitely feel Christmas, but surprisingly, I haven't missed being home to the max. It is odd to think that I am almost to the first of only two Christmases I will see on my mission! Time has absolutely flown. Well, I don't know quite what else to say for now, so I will say

TTFN, Ta Ta For Now!
~Elder Hogge